News & Commentary about Voting Rights

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Letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility.

Aug 11, 2020

The U.S. Postal Service Was Never a Business. Stop Treating it Like One.

Woman holding sign reading 'End wealth based barriers to voting"

Aug 7, 2020

Amendment 4 is Back in Court as Florida Fights Our Victory Over its Modern-Day Poll Tax

Mural reads "We Need Statehood" as part of Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's commissioned #MuralsDC51 project across the city

Jul 27, 2020

D.C. Statehood is a Racial Justice Issue

Photo showing a mail-in Official Absentee Ballot.

Jul 20, 2020

Let Me Vote: My Voting Rights as a Blind Man are the Same as Everybody Else’s

Voters wearing face masks as a preventive measure wait in a line during an early voting in Monroe County, Indiana.

Jul 9, 2020

Lives are at Stake. Will Congress Act?

Jul 7, 2020

Voting by Mail is Essential for Voters with Disabilities, but it’s Not Enough

Voters line up outside of a polling station in Milwaukee for Wisconsin's primary election.

Jun 9, 2020

We’re Working to Safeguard Our Democracy and Our Health

Kamisha Webb, Cecil Wattree, and Javier Del Villar

Jun 8, 2020

Three Missouri Voters Explain Why Everyone Should be Able to Vote by Mail in 2020

May 25, 2020

For Betty Riddle, Amendment 4 Win Makes Her A Part of Society, Not Apart

A man holding the American flag after a naturalization ceremony.

May 22, 2020

“Nationals” but not “Citizens”: How the U.S. Denies Citizenship to American Samoans